Different upbringings

have you ever wondered if you were born as yourself, yet raised and grew up in another location, would you be similar to how you currently are, or completely different?

like what if I was raised in Wisconsin or Alabama or Japan or something. What would I be like

this thread should die considering everyone's going to be like "you'd obviously be different!!!!!"

bye

 

You would obviously still be yourself but that does not mean that yourself would be exactly who you are now.

While we, in my opinion are hardwired to a certain degree, environmental does have an overall influence also on us. If we were to be raised in a different culture for example, the assumption is that the parent we have would also be of that different culture so what we viewed as our normal would then be that.

Nature or nurture, hardwired or environmental is an age old debate.

I am not convinced I would be a carbon copy of me now.

 

I used to wonder about that. I think I would still be me, but some parts of me would be slightly different.

 

I used to wonder about it as well. Then I got bored once I realized I was stuck with me =P

 

i'd hope I was the same, at least.

 

Interesting topic... unfortunately only those searching for "hmmm" would have stumbled across it and upon seeing the conspicuous lack of "hmmm" would have moved angrily on to a career of kitten juggling and clubbing baby fur seals.... which tends to befall someone who isn't getting enough "hmmm" in their life.

Therefore a title change was in order. Carry on...

 

Im so happy I didn't grow up in the eastern US, or southern. Praise jebus.

 

i'd have rocked as an eskimo

 

People will end up different for sure, if our upbringings are different.

If you take a child from birth and you raise him very rich. Food was always made and served for him. His house was a colosseum and he lived with no fear. If you then took that same kid and raised him in the projects, later he left still living in the ghetto. You bet he would be different.

You will learn different ways of survival along with much much more.

We all have unique characteristics that make us very, very different. Its our childhood that shapes them for the good and bad.

Have you ever been with a friend that you are very different from and felt out of place with a little bit of fear? He/She knew everything was fine but you didn't. The same goes for walking done a street with a friend very scared but you knew we were fine.

 

sometimes i wonder what it would be like if my mom had actually gone out with shaq and he became my stepdad..